homicides
Taking human lives
Homicides are killings of one person by another.
The term is legal and clinical, covering everything from murder to manslaughter to justifiable self-defense: The detective investigated three homicides last month.
A homicide may or may not be criminal depending on circumstances.
The word also refers to people who commit such killings, though this use is mainly police jargon: The homicide fled the scene.
Deliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- killingCausing death deliberately
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- victimOne harmed by another
suspect · motive · premeditated · felony · arraignment · prosecution · defendant · accomplice
Professional crime investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
coroner · ballistics · DNA · fingerprints · toxicology · cause of death · medical examiner · leads
Formal examination of facts
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- warrantFormal authorization document
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- bailCourt-set release payment
trial · verdict · appeal · extradition · testimony · cross-examination · closing arguments · jury
Of the home
- massQuantity of matter
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- spreeBrief excessive episode
- vehicularOf or involving automobiles
justifiable · infanticide · fratricide · matricide · patricide · filicide · honor killing · contract
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- killingCausing death deliberately
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
victim · suspect · motive · premeditated · felony · arraignment · prosecution · defendant · accomplice · conviction
detective
Professional crime investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
crime scene · coroner · ballistics · DNA · fingerprints · toxicology · cause of death · medical examiner · leads · interrogation
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- warrantFormal authorization document
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
bail · trial · verdict · appeal · extradition · testimony · cross-examination · closing arguments · jury · deliberation
domestic
Of the home
vehicular · justifiable · infanticide · fratricide · matricide · patricide · filicide · honor killing · contract · random
rate
Measured speed or charge
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- dataFacts for analysis
trends · per capita · annual · spike · decline · epidemic · disparity · urban · rural · county
- war casualtiescasualties, war casualties, war dead, killed in action, fallen soldiers
- homicide investigationExamining a killing officially
- homicide detectiveOfficer solving unlawful deaths
- negligent homicideCausing death by recklessness
- homicide casesInvestigations into unlawful killings
- homicide rateKillings per population unit
- homicide unitLaw enforcement death investigators